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Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Timeless Wisdom - Why is it So Hard to Be Good

Timeless Wisdom with Dennis Prager

Salem Podcast Network

News, Philosophy, Society & Culture, News Commentary, Politics

4.52.2K Ratings

🗓️ 13 November 2025

⏱️ 51 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Dennis Prager’s Timeless Wisdom. Each Monday through Saturday, you’ll hear some of Dennis’s best lectures, talks, and series, all commercial free for Pragertopia members.

On Today’s Show: 

We all want to be good — better than we are. Then, why is it so hard? Dennis identifies the key challenges that hold us back. And offers practical solutions.

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0:49.7

The purpose of Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur on a micro level, that is individual level,

0:56.1

is to assess ourselves, which is not a comfortable thing to do.

1:05.5

I made a video many years ago, which I'm still very proud of, with my colleague and friend,

1:15.6

Alan Estrin, that called for goodness sake. We went on the street, actually people we hired,

1:22.6

went on the street and asked passers-by, do you think you're a good person? And everybody said yes.

1:29.6

Everybody.

1:30.7

It would be very hard, in fact, to meet somebody who didn't think that they were a

1:36.2

basically good person.

1:37.6

And generally speaking, those who don't think that are good people.

1:41.8

They just have very high standards for themselves and think that they're

1:45.5

still not, you know, they're still not living up to their mother's expectations of them.

1:51.8

But that is what Rosh Hashanah and the Young Kippur are about, the self-assessment.

1:56.7

And I want to talk to you about a very, very difficult subject.

2:02.3

Why is it so hard to be a better person?

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